PRIVATE MEETINGS

[andexecutioner]

If you'd like to have a private meeting with the Adjudicator, this is where you should go! The Adjudicator is available at almost all hours of the day; just knock and he'll answer.

Comments are screened for privacy; no eavesdropping, that's rude.

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[andexecutioner]

[...you know, with as huge and ridiculous as kingdom hearts has gotten, would you be surprised-

That said, he just shrugs a bit.]

Sometimes it's voluntary, sometimes it's not. But it's possible, sure.

[fortunatedetective]

[Naoto would spent the next few days wondering if she had arrived to this world voluntarily, somehow. For now...]

So this is like a hub world...a place that potentially infinite other worlds could be connected to, and some may come for one reason or another...that's actually fascinating!

[It's daunting, but it's also very impressive. Naoto actually is interested on how such world could be]

If someone wanted to come to this world, how would they achieve it? Would they need someone from here to help bring them in?

[andexecutioner]

That's one of those things I can't tell you. You'll find out eventually, maybe, but not now.

[He drinks some more of that coffee.]

The point is that you're here for the time being; that's what matters.

[fortunatedetective]

I guess you're right.

[Naoto shakes her head slowly, this is actually bothering her a lot]

...I hope my world is okay. I can't think of a reason why I'd leave it behind voluntarily other than some tragedy unfolding in it, and since I remember a tragedy being narrowly averted I fear a similar one may have befallen it.

If I don't have a home to return to, what will I do once this game is over...?

[Yeah, her first thought is that grim. She isn't the optimistic type. At least she isn't considering the possibility of she dying]

[andexecutioner]

That's something that you're going to have to decide for yourself, I guess. I'm not going to make it for you, and I probably couldn't even if I wanted to.

Don't get me wrong, you're pretty all right. At least, I think so, and definitely compared to a lot of the others. But it's not really something that I should have any say in, and I don't know if I can give you guidance on it, either, because my own situation's kind of different when it comes to staying or leaving.

[fortunatedetective]

I remember you had said you were from this world. Wouldn't staying be the obvious and expected choice?

[Is there something you're not telling, dear Juri? (He so is not telling something)]

[andexecutioner]

[He's kind of got a running history of half-answers, at least.]

...Somehow I doubt you'd want to stay with me, which would probably be the most logical way to handle that, given how things work here.

[...]

I mean, I wouldn't mind having you.

[fortunatedetective]

[Naoto looks at Juri]

I'm the independent type. I think it's more likely I'd seek some way to live by myself somewhere.

[Maybe she's getting the wrong idea, but she's rejecting it all nonetheless. Living by herself in Inaba...she got used to that]

You're a strange person, Juri-san. I feel there's a long story behind everything that's happening to you and why you feel tied to this world [Or so she understood] but you don't seem to think it's problematic, or if you don't like it then you control yourself quite well.

Should I try to find out more or is it something I shouldn't ask more about?

[Because at the end of the day, it's possible Juri's life story doesn't solve anything regarding the situation in the lodge, and that's still the biggest priority in Naoto's list. Juri himself...kind of ranks several numbers under it]

[andexecutioner]

...Even if there is a long story, I couldn't tell you, because I don't really remember anything except this place.

I woke up here a long time ago - I couldn't really tell you how long, because I don't know, but I know I didn't have anything. No name, no history, no idea who I was, no idea what I was supposed to do with myself short of a dream I may or may not have had at one point that gave me a vague idea.

I don't have anywhere else to be.

[fortunatedetective]

[Yikes, that's tough, but...it's also...familiar]

It's curious...a friend of mine back in my world was going through the same than you in that regard. He had no idea what he was, or how long he had been existing. He did have a name, but it didn't mean that much to him, no one to share it with for a long while.

[Hmmmmm...]

It's possible you do have a past but you don't remember it yet, [Or forced yourself to forget] like it happened to him. There's always the chance that past may not be...something you may be inclined to accept at first, but it's better to accept it than live in ignorance...sooner or later it has to be confronted.

[Naoto doesn't have high hopes everything will go as relatively well as it did for Teddie, but it's worth it for Juri to keep in mind.]

[andexecutioner]

...I don't think that's the case, but I'll keep it in mind either way.

I mean, I'm pretty sure it doesn't really matter to you whether I remember or not, but it's a nice sentiment, I guess.

[fortunatedetective]

[Usually it wouldn't matter, but after the recent memories...well, she does have just a bit more of interest in being kind of friendly with other people. The similarities in the pasts of Juri and Teddie gets her even more interested]

It's not something of 'mattering to me'. It's more of trying to empathize with someone else. I don't think I have done much of that before...

[She stands up]

Besides everyone should have at least one person bothering to look after them. I'm sure I'm not the only one who has expressed interest in you as a person, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't do it too.

I don't know what'll happen from now on, but I expect to keep coming back from time to time until it's all over...and beyond that, if you're still around.

[andexecutioner]

[He's quiet for a moment at that before he eventually responds, he doesn't seem to know what to do with it but clearly, he's going to press on anyway.]

I'd like that, yeah.

[fortunatedetective]

Then I'll see you next week, Juri-san.

[Have a good week! Don't get poisoned or stabbed, mkay?]